good afternoon, welcome to the jam-packed calendar of the land use and transportation committee for today, monday, september 23, 2019. the i'm chair, aaron peskin, joined by safai and haney. ms. major, any announcements? >> yes, please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. actions acted upon today will go on the november 1, agenda. >> supervisor peskin: could you read the first item? >> ordinance accepting acacia street for city maintainness and liability, establishing official

sidewalk width, accepting two public works orders and authorizing official acts and adopting appropriate findings. >> supervisor peskin: mr. rivera, on behalf of the department of public works relative to the dedication of this right-of-way along the san matteo border, 60 feet in width and short in length, for the benefit of daily city. the floor is yours. >> good afternoon, supervisors. yes, this is -- acacia street was undeveloped portion of dedicated street, so it's a paper street. and what happened is that a developer created some housing south of the county line. and this -- in order to make a through street they developed the portion in san francisco as

well. that's a total of 2400 square feet. and this legislation is indeed to accept the maintenance and liability of this area. the street improvements were inspected during construction and determined to be in compliance with city codes and regulations. the director of public works recommends that we accept these streets. >> supervisor peskin: thank you. is there any public comment on this item? mr. spitz, seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues? supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: yes. how often does this happen? i saw the plot map. this line cuts through a lot of different homes. it's a very unusual -- rather than making the boundary even, i mean, obviously, at some point

it was drawn at an angle. so sometimes the boundary between daily city and san francisco cuts through some of the homes, so half the home is in daily city, half the home in san francisco. how often have you dealt in this area with the infrastructure requests in terms of sewer, in terms of the street, in terms of the maintenance of the right-of-way. and how is that impacting development over there? >> for dedications, it's not very frequent. it is very common for the county line to go through private property. and we're actually in the process of surveying it to bring it in tighter, to know where it is. but as far as cases like this, it's not happening too frequently as far as dedicated. in this situation, the -- i do have an overhead i could show you. >> supervisor safai: the majority of the homes reside in daley city? >> all of them, all of the new

homes are in daley city. >> even the red line that cuts the addresses in daley city? >> yes, correct. the part that belongs to us is just north of this area. that belongs to the city and county of san francisco. these houses were existing houses and received their services through have a lasco street. so there isn't any new infrastructure. >> supervisor safai: the infrastructure was done, when they built the homes, it was connected to the sewer mains? >> correct. all of these houses down here are new. and they're outside of our jurisdiction and outside of our city and county of san francisco. >> supervisor peskin: seeing no other questions, without

objection. madame clerk, could you read the final item? >> item 2, imposing interim zoning controls for 18 months to require a conditional use authorization and specified findings for a residential care facility and affirm the findings. >> supervisor peskin: supervisor mandelman, welcome and thank you for bringing this resolution forward. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you, mr. chair, and members of the committee for indulging me this afternoon on this item. we wanted to get it to the full board as quickly as possible. thank you for being here for this. the resolution is currently cosponsored by president yee and supervisor safai and would welcome additional sponsors. it establishes interim zoning control to respond to the loss of san francisco's residential care facilities. it will require a conditional use authorization prior to change of use from the

residential care facility to different use. the intent is to discourage closure of residential care facilities. this is an urgently needed stop measure to improve the housing stock for the vulnerable, aging and disabled residents. according to a report by the long-term care coordinating council, assisted-living working group, san francisco has 21 fewer residential care facilities than in 2012. a 26% decline resulted in a loss of 112 critically needed beds. and we're at risk of losing even more facilities. department of public health has learned of the closure of three additional facilities and it seems more are on the way. the resolution which i think is before you with amendments, requires the planning commission to take into account the following factors in evaluating proposed change of use.

one, any findings by the department of public health, aging and adult services and the long-term coordinating care council regarding the capacity of the exiting residential -- existing residential use. the impact of the change of use on the neighborhood and community. whether the residential care facility used to be converted will be relocated or replaced with another residential care facility use. based on information provided to my office, since introducing the resolution, i have two amendments for you today. the first, which is shown on page 1, line 15, clarifies the controls apply to residential care facilities that were established with or without the benefit of any permits required under the law. that ensures that any residential care facility in operation, regardless whether or

not they received the proper permits under the planning code in the first place, would be subject to these controls. the second is on page 4. line 10. correcting a drafting error. in the second whereas clause of the resolution is defined correctly by planning codes section 102 and 89.50e. both code sections should have been referenced in the first resolved clause and this amendment does that. i understand that these amendments are considered non-substantive and can be introduced and voted on today and i would ask you to do that, to accept the amendments and forward to the full board. in closing, i want to thank the mayor's office and department of public health for their help in crafting this resolution.

i also want to thank kyle for working on this. and i think ms. lindsay is here to give public comment. >> supervisor peskin: we'll open it up to public comment and then over to supervisor safai. >> i'm a senior health planner with the department of public health office of planning. i'm here representing the department and our support of the resolution imposing zoning controls for residential care facilities. so through our department's work on the master plan and -- we echo the findings of the long-term coordinating council assisted-living work group report. residential care facilities are a critical resource in our community for our vulnerable populations and as the population continues to grow and age, the need for long-term care, especially affordable long-term care will continue to increase. and in recent years, san francisco has experienced a loss of these important facilities.

so dph is supportive of the legislation to preserve the current stock and control the conversion of residential care facilities. we're also supportive of efforts to develop legislation and more strategies that encourage the growth of these facilities in san francisco in order to meet the health care needs of our most vulnerable populations now and in the future. thanks. >> supervisor safai: thank you. i just wanted to say a couple of comments. i want to thank supervisor mandelman and president yee for bringing the legislation forward. i know the context of the conversations we've been having over the course of the last couple of months, with residential long-term care beds, the conversation not to be lost. there actually are privately managed and privately operated and in the community of these

facilities. have quite a few of these in my district. saw them firsthand as i go around door-to-door talking to individuals. and with the pressure of the current market, people to convert properties from long-term residential care back to single-family homes, this is an important piece of legislation to allow for a pause and allow for the operators then to come in. i saw there was a commitment for reimbursements for the actual those receiving care from the city. i think the city needs to step up. the department of public health, and ensure that reimbursement is high enough so that it makes sense. i think we got that commitment to ensure there are additional dollars assigned for these operators to continue to make them financially feasible. often times, these are mom-and-pop run businesses.

these are people that have sometimes multiple care facilities. one of the operators i'm thinking about has one in my area, one in the excelsior and bayview hunters point. they're often single-family homes that have been converted into usable residential care facilities. so really appreciate this legislation. i think during the 18 months that it would be behoove us -- and i'm sure supervisor mandelman and yee will engage with the department of public health to be sure the reimbursements are correct, where they're actually allocated and located, it would be good to know the total number of these in san francisco. i know you have percentages in terms of how many have been lost over the course of time. says there 101 assisted-living facilities and since 2002, 43

facilities we've lost 43. so i guess that would put the number close to the mid 60s, 70s remaining. so what can we do during that time to preserve those? and also what can we do during that time to increase those back up to where we were just not long ago, in 2012? i know there is a push and i know the announcement was made to use some of the small site acquisition money. i support that. i think that's a good use of the dollars. using the small site acquisition money to preserve this housing stock. had a constituent e-mail me today. he was someone who was a hoarder living in a single-family home. they wanted to know what could we do to preserve the property so it could be used more effectively for the community? those are examples of, maybe the city could come in using the

small site acquisition money, and/or, we have to identify who the operators are, right? they're mom and pops, do they know who is going to go through the process of purchasing the building? i know there are a lot of things need to be worked out. i'm hoping we can do that. thank you, supervisor mandelman and yee, for leading the charge on this. and please involve me in the conversation. we're happy to help as we present probably one of the largest opportunities to either preserve and/or expand these residential care facilities. i would imagine, district 11 and district 10, bayview hunters point lead the way. >> supervisor peskin: supervisor haney? >> supervisor haney: thank you. i second a lot of what supervisor safai said. this is going to take a broad, multi-pronged approach to be

able to both save and protect and expand a lot of the facilities. similar to supervisor safai, i've heard about some planned for closure or under threat of closure in my district, so i think how ever we can come together when there are these situations, whether we're going to acquire them as a city. whether there are certain things to support them so they can stay open. i think it seems like there is sort of a pattern of a lot of these folks who are getting to the point where they want to go out of business here. obviously, the pressure that affects all of the other types of important uses in the city, whether that's restaurants or entertainment or things that, when there is money to be made in other things, it's hard to keep people doing what we need them to do. this is an essential use we require as a city.

so i appreciate the leadership and this is a very important part of that larger strategy. so i'd love to be added as a coauthor. you said you're looking for coauthors, i would love to be added and i appreciate your leadership on this. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, supervisor haney. i, too, accept that invitation and add my name as a cosponsor. i think i failed to close public comment. seeing no other members of the public, public comment is closed. supervisor mandelman? >> supervisor mandelman: thanks all of you. i want to thank supervisor safai also for noting this is part of a larger effort that the department of public health and the mayor are working on. yes, this year there is going to be a fairly significant increase in the patch that is paid to -- that the city pays to the non-profits, which is to the

operators of these private boarding care facilities. in addition to that, yes, i think we need to look for sources of funding to acquire buildings and probably get them into nonprofit ownership. increasingly, they're not making it or struggling as private operations and it probably makes sense to -- for the city to be going in a larger way around creating more long-term options for disabled and elderly folks. so, thanks, everyone. >> supervisor peskin: thank you. without objection, we will adopt the aforementioned amendments and move via supervisor safai. we'll take those without objection. and then we'll forward to the item to the full board as amended with additional cosponsors without objection. and that brings us to the conclusion of this jam-packed agenda. we are adjourned.

shop and dine on the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do shopping and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services within neighborhood. we help san francisco remain unique, successful and vibrant. where will you shop and dine in the 49? san francisco owes the charm to the unique character of the neighborhood comer hall district. each corridor has its own personality. our neighborhoods are the engine of the city. >> you are putting money and support back to the community you live in and you are helping

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shop locally. it allows us to maintain traditions. it makes the neighborhood. >> i think san francisco should shop local as much as they can. the retail marketplace is changes. we are trying to have people on the floor who can talk to you and help you with products you are interested in buying, and help you with exploration to try things you have never had before. >> the fish business, you think it is a piece of fish and fisherman. there are a lot of people working in the fish business, between wholesalers and fishermen and bait and tackle. at the retail end, we about a lot of people and it is good for everybody.

>> shopping and dining locally is so important to the community because it brings a tighter fabric to the community and allows the business owners to thrive in the community. we see more small businesses going away. we need to shop locally to keep the small business alive in san francisco. >> shop and dine in the 49 is a cool initiative. you can see the banners in the streets around town. it is great. anything that can showcase and legitimize small businesses is a wonderful thing.

>> this is one place you can always count on to give you what you had before and remind you of what your san francisco history used to be. >> we hear that all the time, people bring their kids here and their grandparents brought them here and down the line. >> even though people move away, whenever they come back to the city, they make it here. and they tell us that. >> you're going to get something made fresh, made by hand and made with quality products and something that's very, very good. ♪ >> the legacy bars and restaurants was something that was begun by san francisco simply to recognize and draw

attention to the establishments. it really provides for san francisco's unique character. ♪ >> and that morphed into a request that we work with the city to develop a legacy business registration. >> i'm michael cirocco and the owner of an area bakery. ♪ the bakery started in 191. my grandfather came over from italy and opened it up then. it is a small operation. it's not big. so everything is kind of quality that way. so i see every piece and cut every piece that comes in and out of that oven. >> i'm leslie cirocco-mitchell, a fourth generation baker here with my family.

♪ so we get up pretty early in the morning. i usually start baking around 5:00. and then you just start doing rounds of dough. loaves. >> my mom and sister basically handle the front and then i have my nephew james helps and then my two daughters and my wife come in and we actually do the baking. after that, my mom and my sister stay and sell the product, retail it. ♪ you know, i don't really think about it. but then when i -- sometimes when i go places and i look and see places put up, oh this is our 50th anniversary and everything and we've been over 100 and that is when it kind of hits me. you know, that geez, we've been here a long time. [applause] ♪ >> a lot of people might ask

why our legacy business is important. we all have our own stories to tell about our ancestry. our lineage and i'll use one example of tommy's joint. tommy's joint is a place that my husband went to as a child and he's a fourth generation san franciscan. it's a place we can still go to today with our children or grandchildren and share the stories of what was san francisco like back in the 1950s. >> i'm the general manager at tommy's joint. people mostly recognize tommy's joint for its murals on the outside of the building. very bright blue. you drive down and see what it is. they know the building. tommy's is a san francisco

hoffa, which is a german-style presenting food. we have five different carved meats and we carve it by hand at the station. you prefer it to be carved whether you like your brisket fatty or want it lean. you want your pastrami to be very lean. you can say i want that piece of corn beef and want it cut, you know, very thick and i want it with some sauerkraut. tell the guys how you want to prepare it and they will do it right in front of you. san francisco's a place that's changing restaurants, except for tommy's joint. tommy's joint has been the same since it opened and that is important. san francisco in general that we don't lose a grip of what san francisco's came from. tommy's is a place that you'll always recognize whenever you lock in the door. you'll see the same staff, the same bartender and have the

same meal and that is great. that's important. ♪ >> the service that san francisco heritage offers to the legacy businesses is to help them with that application process, to make sure that they really recognize about them what it is that makes them so special here in san francisco. ♪ so we'll help them with that application process if, in fact, the board of supervisors does recognize them as a legacy business, then that does entitle them to certain financial benefits from the city of san francisco. but i say really, more importantly, it really brings them public recognition that this is a business in san

francisco that has history and that is unique to san francisco. >> it started in june of 1953. ♪ and we make everything from scratch. everything. we started a you -- we started a off with 12 flavors and mango fruits from the philippines and then started trying them one by one and the family had a whole new clientele. the business really boomed after that. >> i think that the flavors we make reflect the diversity of san francisco. we were really surprised about the legacy project but we were thrilled to be a part of it.

businesses come and go in the city. pretty tough for businesss to stay here because it is so expensive and there's so much competition. so for us who have been here all these years and still be popular and to be recognized by the city has been really a huge honor. >> we got a phone call from a woman who was 91 and she wanted to know if the mitchells still owned it and she was so happy that we were still involved, still the owners. she was our customer in 1953. and she still comes in. but she was just making sure that we were still around and it just makes us feel, you know, very proud that we're carrying on our father's legacy. and that we mean so much to so many people.

♪ >> it provides a perspective. and i think if you only looked at it in the here and now, you're missing the context. for me, legacy businesses, legacy bars and restaurants are really about setting the context for how we come to be where we are today. >> i just think it's part of san francisco. people like to see familiar stuff. at least i know i do. >> in the 1950s, you could see a picture of tommy's joint and looks exactly the same. we haven't change add thing. >> i remember one lady saying, you know, i've been eating this ice cream since before i was born. and i thought, wow! we have, too. ♪ >>

>> my name is sofy constantineo and a documentary film maker and cinema togfer, producer and director. it is inevable you want your movie to get out and realize yoi need to be a commune tee organizer to get people together to see the story you will tell [inaudible] pretty rich and interesting. in what we do as film makers is try to tell the best story possible so i think that is where i [inaudible] learn everything. lighting and cinematography. i got jobs of stage manger at some place and projectionist. i kind of mixed and matched as i went and kept

refining i feel like it isn't just about making things that are beautiful and appealing and rich and [inaudible] the way that the films [inaudible] it has to tell a story. >> my name is sumell [inaudible] free lance multimedia produce. my project is [inaudible] mostly oof street photographry with a few portraits. i'm going arounds san francisco and capturing the [inaudible] as we started to do this project i was reading about the decline of african american population in san francisco and i wondered where the remaining population was and what they were doing and how life was for them. >> i wasn't very inspired by school, i wasn't very inspired by continuing to read and write and go to class.

i watched a lot of movies and saw a lot of [inaudible] i said that is what i want to do. i had this very feminist [inaudible] and i felt like there was not enough of a womans vision on the stuff that we see, the movies that we make and the beginning of the [inaudible] the way we look at women and the roles women take in the stories being tolds. they felt [inaudible] they did want feel complex. i was like, i have a different frame i like to see the world shaped by. >> my grandsmother was a teacher and taught special education for 40 years in los angeles and when i was growing up she inspired me to record

everything. we recorded our conversations, we recorded the [inaudible] we recorded everything to cassette players. learning multimedia skills, from the other crossover employment opportunities for young people. someone who grew up in la rks san francisco feels like a small town. i lived in western addition and i was looking for someone to cut my hair, i found [inaudible] he seemed like a very interesting guy and grew up in the neighborhood and had a lot to say about something that was foreign to me. that local perspective and so important to me because i think as someone who isn't from here, knowing that history allows me to be more engaging in the community i live in and want the same for others. i want people to move into a new neighborhood to know who was

there before and businesses and what cultural and [inaudible] shape what we see today. >> my guiding principles have been, if you stick to something long enough and know what it is and go for it you will get there. [inaudible] where i want to go, what i want to do and it is totally possible so, the impossible is you know, is not something to listen to.

>> chairwoman: good morning, everyone. the meeting will come to order. this is the september 25th, 2019, regular meeting of the budget and finance committee. i'm sandra lee fewer. and i'm joined by supervisors stefani and mandelman. madam clerk, do you have any announcements? >> yes. please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. speaker cards and any documents should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the october 1, 21